Garment-supporter.



B. H. WHITE.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION mep NAYS, |916.

Patented June 4, i918.

IN VEN TOR.

e naar naaien BIRDORA H.WIIITE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ISpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1918.

Application sied May s, 191e." serial no. 95,187.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BIRDOR H. IVHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters; andI do hereby declare the following to`b`e` a full,

clear, and exact"clescription ofthe invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 4

This invention relates to garment-supporters, and more particularly to that type of garment-supporters, which, when in use,

are adapted to be suspended from such gar` ments as corsets, corset-waists, waists, belts,

or Suspenders, in connection with which garments it is necessary to adjust the fastening Y which devices to a desired position.

This invention also relates to an improvement in garment-supporters particularly with special reference to the buckles used in connection with the same and also with reference to the manner of engagement with said buckles of the elastic portions of the garment-supporters.

An object of the invention is to provide a garment-supporter of this character so constructed and assembled that when the device is applied and in use upon the wearer, the tension on the taut elastic portion will be the same throughout its length and thus prolong the life of said elastic portion.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevation of a fragment of a garment supporter showing my improvements applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of my invention separated from said supporter.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the center line Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a plan viewr of the blank from the body or frame of my improved buckle is made.

Fig. 5 is a plan view 0f the blank from which the slidable clamping bar of the same is made.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the assembled buckle, 4as shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the rectangular body or frame of my improved buckle consists of two vertical parallel corresponding side members 1 and 2 which are connected at their upper ends by the horizontal member 3 and at their lower ends by the horizontal member 6. l

' f Below their centers of length and between the horizontal plane of the same and horizontal member, side members 1 and 2 are connected by transverse bars 4 and 5 which fare` separated a suitable distance so as to provide a transversely elongated space 10 between lower bar 5 and the lower horizontal member `6, and a substantially corresponding space"`9 between the two bars; The lower edges of these bars 4 and 5 are provided with "teethg the rear sides of the teeth 19 of the upper bar being beveled toward the front, and the" front sides of the teeth 2O of the lower bar 5 being beveled toward the rear to enable them to engage the fabric of the web 'inserted through said spaces better, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The upper portions of side members 1 and 2 serve as guides for the eyes 12 and 13 ou the ends of the horizontal clamping bar 7. This clamping-bar is slidable up and down in the space S between the upper transverse member 3 and bar 4 of the buckle frame, and its lower edge between the side members l and 2 is provided with a rearwardly and downwardly projecting lip or tongue 13, substantially as shown in Figs. 3 and 6 of the drawings.

My improved buckle is adapted to be used in any garment to which a buckle of this character could be applied, but more particularly in connection with garment supporters of the kind shown in the drawings. This garment supporter comprises a vertical web 11 of elastic or other suitable fabric, and its lower end has a wire loop attached thereto from the lower V-shaped stretch of which webs 18, 18 depend.

The free end 17 of web 11 is threaded through the space in the body or frame of the buckle toward the rear over the top of clamping-bar 7 and then is passed downward and forward beneath the lower edge of tongue 13 of said clamping-bar. This web is then extended downward in front of bar 4 and then threaded between said bar 4 and bar 5 to the rear of the buckle, and is inally threaded between bar 5 and the lower member 6 of the frame of the same where its free end hangs down in front of member 6. It is obvious that with end 17 threaded back and forth between bars 4 and 5 and lower member 6 of the frame of the buckle, any attempt to withdraw said web causes it to engage teeth 19 and 20 of bars 4 and 5, and that with said web thus held, any downward strain upon web 11 would nioveclamping-bar 7 downward and cause it to thoroughly clamp the web 'between Athe 'tongue of the clamping-bar and the upper edge of bar 4 and prevent its withdrawal.

What l claim:

1. 'A buckle comprising a rectangular frame consisting of vertical side `members, horizontal members connecting the upper and lower ends thereof, a plurality of suitably separated bars connecting side members, and a horizontally disposed Vertically movable clampingbar the ends of which are slidably connected to said Side members and which has a tongue projecting downwardly and rearwardly from its lower edge. l 2. A buckle comprising' a rectangular frame consisting of vertical side Amembers, vhorizontal members connecting the upper and lower ends thereof, a .plurality of suitably separated bars connecting said side members having teeth projecting downward trom their lower edges, and a horizontally disposed vertically 'movable clamping bar the yends of which are slidably connected to said side members and which has a tongue projecting downwardly and rearwardly from i'tslower "edge 3. A bucklel comprising a rectangular traine, a 'pair oit bars having certain of their marginal edges" serrated and `eirbfaged with the opposite sides of said 'frame points in proximity to one end ot the same and beyond the middle thereof and a clamping bar copies ofthis patent may be obtained "for 1re cents-each, ty auaresihg the cdmmissibner or "Parents, 

